Why idiots shouldn't field herp.

siz · 08-30-09, 10:41 AM

This was posted on RC and I thought I'd share it here. This guy is a total moron.
YouTube - Nigel Marven finds a false water cobra
LMAO

Will0W783 · 08-30-09, 12:46 PM

Geeez, what a friggin' brainless dolt! First of all, considering he claims he's worked with reptiles since he was a kid, he ought to know which ones are and aren't venomous. Second, he KNEW what the snake was, you'd think he would know that it was rear-fanged VENOMOUS!! But no, he lets it repeatedly bite him and CHEW on him. First he says, "No venom of course (WRONG SUCKER!) then he says, "eh, it might be venomous, it's chewing on me" DUHHHHHHHH! Oh Lord, this is almost as bad as the wonder of human intelligence who let the hognose chew on him for 3-5 minutes....the sheer magnitude of stupidity inherent in the human race never ceases to amaze me....

BruinsBeard · 08-30-09, 01:16 PM

Yeeeh that was dumb. I've only read up on snake for the past couple months and i knew it was venomous. Hopefully in time he will realize what a fool he has been.

MegF · 08-30-09, 06:13 PM

I'm curious to find out if he ever had a reaction to the bite. It certainly had plenty of time to chew on him!

siz · 08-31-09, 06:43 AM

Yes I was hoping they would show the "after" footage.
"It's not venomous......well, this hurts a lot! It might be slightly venomous!"

MegF · 08-31-09, 06:37 PM

I wonder if there's any way to find out. If nothing else it would be a good way to see the effects of FWC venom as the snake certainly had ample opportunity to evenomate him.

Will0W783 · 08-31-09, 08:03 PM

Yeah, I'm really curious. I would love to know what happened. Jess, aka Siz, was so kind as to post an article about one guy's experience with a thorough hognose snake evenomation- dude let it chew on him for 3-5 minutes!

Smilts · 08-31-09, 08:48 PM

No clue what happened after but I met him last feb and he seemed ok by then

pyythonboa · 08-31-09, 09:31 PM

lmao i love snakes but not wild ones even if they are not venomous.he could still get infected.

MegF · 09-01-09, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by pyythonboa

lmao i love snakes but not wild ones even if they are not venomous.he could still get infected.

I've never had an issue with a non venomous bite ever and I've been bitten plenty during feeding responses with my own snakes and twice by wild snakes. In general, the wild stuff I catch rarely bite. Usually it's if I grab them hard or I'm trying to get them untangled from something. A little soap and water and it's fine. It's not like getting bitten from a cat or something like that.

pyythonboa · 09-02-09, 07:36 PM

your right i got bitten by one of my snakes before. it was my fault but i wouldnt want to get bitten by a snake a snake in the wild lik this guy did.you never kno

MegF · 09-02-09, 07:52 PM

Wild snakes are no different from domestic-the bacteria is the same. The only difference is that stupid guy there decided to snatch up a snake he wasn't sure about......duh.....I'm always sure of what I grab before I barehand it. If it's non venomous, I don't worry about it. Even where I couldn't clean a bite right away I've never had an issue. I just sent an e-mail off to the website for Nigel Marven asking if there were any effects from the bite. I'll let you know if I hear anything.

Will0W783 · 09-03-09, 08:32 AM

Cool, good idea to send an email, MegF. It will be interesting to find out, if he emails back.

MegF · 09-03-09, 08:29 PM

Hopefully they will respond. We'll see....after all he might be busy running around the planet grabbing up non venomous venomous snakes!

Will0W783 · 09-04-09, 07:36 AM

Lol- good one Meg!